Cost analysis of gentamicin-impregnated collagen sponges in preventing sternal wound infection post cardiac surgery

Journal of Wound Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-25

  Joshi, V ^a   Vaja, R ^b   Richens, D ^a  

^a Trent Cardiac Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collatamp; Cost analysis; Gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge; Sternal wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COLLAGEN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STERNUM; SURGERY; SURGICAL SPONGE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COLLAGEN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM; SURGICAL SPONGES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84958824974     PISSN: 09690700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2016.25.1.22     Document Type: Article

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